Last night's storm took out my internet (I assume the same storm that hit Houston earlier in the day) and now I'm sitting at my computer reading previously downloaded files and staring forlornly at web pages that won't load.
It always amazes me how much on a modern computer doesn't work, or doesn't work quite right, in the absence of internet. We've come a long way from "going online" being an activity separate and apart from "using the computer."
@andrew@annmlipton My company is doing a laptop refresh currently, and I’m both slated for a new Win 11 machine, and for my current machine to be “upgraded.”
I feel your statement very much. My first many computers worked just fine either way. This has been a long term goal of the primary OS vendor of biz machines.
Doesn’t change what i run on my personal machine, but we all know they hope for that influence.
@andrew@annmlipton I finally found an okay security camera last year that will work without (or with) the internet. Try searching for one. Everyone thinks Wifi = Internet so results of a search for one that works on your local Wifi network are useless.
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